Culture, Media & Sport
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Recent PMQs Questions
View all 77PMQs 2026-04-29
Residents in my constituency and across Sandwell [K benefit from the lowest council tax in the west midlands and investment in [K new leisure centres and parks. All our libraries are kept open. Sandwe...
PMQs 2026-03-18
A New World investigation into GB News has found hundreds of shocking breaches of the rules of impartiality and accuracy. We cannot let GB News propaganda turn our great country into its version of Tr...
PMQs 2026-03-11
I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols) for her powerful and courageous speech in the debate on jury trials yesterday—I really hope the Prime Minister was listening. ...
PMQs 2026-03-04
Like the Prime Minister, I had the transformative benefit of a music education as a young person, although he had his some while before I had mine. [ “Ooh!”] After more than a decade of decline in mus...
PMQs 2026-02-25
The regeneration of Belper mills—a large site with buildings, including grade I listed ones dating from the start of the industrial revolution, at the heart of the east midlands' only UNESCO world her...
PMQs 2026-02-25
Labour Members do not like it, but I have not said anything that is not true. Why don't we talk about student loans? The fact is that graduates are paying more, not less. On Monday, the Schools Minist...
PMQs 2026-02-11
The announcement that pubs and music venues will receive a much-welcome reduction in business rates is a positive step. However, in our manifesto we did promise root-and-branch reform of business rate...
PMQs 2024-05-15
While I understand the need to upgrade our broadband infrastructure, it cannot be right that a company called BRSK is proposing to erect telegraph poles at the Squirrels estate in Hayley Green, in my ...
PMQs 2024-05-01
I know that you, Mr Speaker, want to join me in sending condolences to the friends, family and colleagues of our former colleague, Lord Andrew Stunell, who served with exceptional diligence and grace ...
PMQs 2024-03-13
Premier league clubs like Gloucester Rugby received £150 million in loans during the pandemic to stay solvent. Some clubs are concerned that current loan repayment schemes could be harmful to their fi...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 876Violence against Women and Girls 2026-04-29
A quarter of female teachers have been subjected [K to misogynistic abuse in the classroom in the last year. They report feelin [6D [K feeling humiliated and violated, and we know that impressionable ...
Topical Questions 2026-04-27
I welcome the £2.5 million funding boost recently awarded to South Essex college; that will help equip even more residents from Southend and Rochford with the skills needed for fulfilling, lifelong ca...
World Cup Support for Fans 2026-04-16
Football fans in my area are looking forward to t [1D [K the world cup and many hope to travel, but before we get to that competitio [10D [K competition, many are very concerned by reports of a potent...
Topical Questions 2026-04-16
My constituency, known for musical talent, has th [2D [K the new Bathgate Music Hub and community-run venues supporting local artist [6D [K artists. How does the Department support such co-operative a...
Topical Questions 2026-04-16
William Hill announced that it will close 200 bet [3D [K betting shops because of Labour's tax policies making them unsustainable, l [1D [K leading to unemployment and undermining sponsorship for hors...
Places of Worship Renewal Fund 2026-04-16
I thank my hon. Friend for her answer. Church lea [3D [K leaders in Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket are rightly concerned about the c [1D [K cancellation of the listed places of worship grant scheme. W...
Places of Worship Renewal Fund 2026-04-16
I thank my hon. Friend for her answer. Church lea [3D [K leaders in Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket are rightly concerned about the c [1D [K cancellation of the listed places of worship grant scheme. W...
Euro 2028 2026-04-16
The Secretary of State criticises the previous Conservative Government, but national sports bodies are fully aware that this Labour Government have cut sports funding, and increased regulation and tax...
Euro 2028 2026-04-16
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The successful bid to host the Euros in 2028 made under the previous Conservative Government has enormous potential to econ...
Grassroots Sport 2026-04-16
What funding her Department is providing to help [K improve participation in grassroots sport....